“Apple’s strategy has been to use its substantial cash position to delay as long as possible the payment of royalties to Kodak and to interfere [with the sale],” Kodak said. “Apple and FlashPoint [an Apple spinoff that is also claiming ownership] are seeking to benefit from Kodak’s difficult financial position, which will be exacerbated if the debtors cannot obtain fair value for the patents.”

Notably, Kodak has identified Apple as among the largest infringers of patents in its portfolio, and a potential purchaser of them, as well. And now it’s implying that Apple’s intent, by asserting ownership, is to drive the patent’s value down so it can purchase it at a lower price.

Kodak, which says that the patent portfolio in question has generated billions of dollars in revenue for it over the last decade, is seeking a court order dismissing Apple’s ownership claims over the patents at issue here and putting an end to what it describes as a “public campaign to create uncertainty as to ownership of the patents.”

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